Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-06-11
POIsTS OS sfCENsss.
Try the Ear. Biisterips Plan and See What Ys
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Science tells OF the various theories about
sea sickness and the most scientific sugges-
ton for the cure thereof All travellers who
return from lands over the ocean have fearful
tales to tell OF the miseries OF sea sickness,
II not their own misery then that OF some
other sinner, and II allO vance were rot made
for exaggeratien the stay at homes would
wonder why insanity aud suicide on the
ocean are not more frequently the result of
such fearful misery. Tho dread OF it deters
many from travelling.
The sickness usually passes away when
the voyage Is over, but sometimes lasts
longer and in one case 1t was never entir ely
recovered from during comparatively long
life. Such cases are less trou oled with vom.
itiDg, but are oppressed with headache, gid.
diness, and inability TO stand upright or
move with steadiness. After they have COM
pleted the voyage, these persons suffer still
from unsteadiness in walking, feeling, Is
they express II, the movements OF the vessel.
One authority compares 1t TO the conclusions
experienced by iron plate riveterA In rare
cases death has been the result, and tha SUI
ferer is sometimes permanently affected.
Many curious theories are given a. to the
cause OF sea sickness Piutarch, who could
never have suffered from II, ascribed II solely
to the smell OF the sea and the fears Of the
patient.
DR.. John Chapman, who ~ made the mat
tor Q speciality, thinks that the sickness Is
caused by too much blood In the spinal ner-
vous oentrer. The nerves related to the
stomach become unduly active and excite
vomiting. His cure, or palliative, il ice, in
rubber bags, applied to the spina This idea
was brought forward twenty years ago, but
has not become popular. In Q recent letter
- daily paper u correspondent states that he
has made twenty six trips, or hity-twO tours,
across the the Atlantic, and has In every in.
stance, except the last, suffered very much
from sea-sickness. On this last trip he had
with him Q rubber bag, twelve inches long
and four inchs wide, the mouth OF which was
closed by an iron clamp. This he filled with
small pieces Of ice and applied to the spine at
the bose OF the brain for half TO three usr ters
of an hour every morning. 1t had = soothing
effect and he enjoyed every hour and every
meal.
DR.. william James, OF Harvard college,
considers the Semi circular canals around the
ears the starting point of the trouble, and
recommends counter irritation by blistsrinR,
or otherwise Irritating the skin around the
ears. DR.. Fordyce Barker, OF New York,
ssys Take hearty meal two or three hours
before sailing, keep near the centre OF the
ship, lie down before starting and avoid dis
agreeable sights and smells, remain In bed
for one or two days and eat regularly and
heartily. Then take . cup OF coffee each
morning before rising and 90 TO bsd before
becoming sick. The last caution indicates
the smali con hdence OF the physician in his
own prescription. Science wants tourists to
Try the car biistsring plan and report resultA